..Seroconcordant couples-focused intervention that enhances mutual support of HAART adherence may be an effective approach to improving women's HAART adherence and reducing US gender disparities in HIV health outcomes...

..Daily alcohol use was associated with ER as the usual facility for care. Integration of substance abuse treatment, case management, and medical services delivery may contribute to improved HIV care for this population...

..The findings suggest that adherence interventions for IDUs should promote existing informal HIV caregiving, living with supportive others, and positive medication-taking norms among social networks...

Externalizing behaviors among children of HIV seropositive former and current drug users: parent support network factors as social ecological risks

..While dually affected children's contact with their parents may have important benefits, results suggest it presents ongoing needs for intervention with the children, their parents, and caregivers...

Informal care and reciprocity of support are associated with HAART adherence among men in Baltimore, MD, USA

..Results suggest the merit of interventions targeting men and their informal caregivers, particularly main partners, and gender-specific, contextually tailored strategies to promote HAART adherence...

Social support networks and medical service use among HIV-positive injection drug users: implications to intervention

A R KnowltonFaculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USAAIDS Care 17:479-92. 2005

..Findings suggest the importance of social-level factors in cigarette smoking among HIV seropositive drug users and have implications for developing targeted smoking cessation interventions for smokers living with HIV...

Carl A LatkinDepartment of Health Policy and Management, Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, 624 North Broadway, 21205, Baltimore, MD, USASoc Sci Med 56:465-76. 2003

..The findings of this study may have implications for norm change interventions among disadvantaged communities at high risk for HIV/AIDS...

Stigma, disclosure, and depressive symptoms among informal caregivers of people living with HIV/AIDS

..Interventions promoting social support functioning, patient-provider communication, stable housing, and drug abuse treatment may facilitate effective HAART use in this vulnerable population...

Interest in quitting and lifetime quit attempts among smokers living with HIV infection

Lauren R PacekJohns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baltimore, MD 21205, United States Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of Mental Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, United States Electronic addressDrug Alcohol Depend 138:220-4. 2014

..We explored individual- and social-level characteristics associated with interest in quitting and lifetime nicotine replacement (NRT) or medication use for smoking cessation...

The effects of sponsorship in 12-step treatment of injection drug users

..IPV assessment and treatment among HIV-positive men in HIV care is recommended as a way to prevent IPV perpetration and victimization and to reduce potential HIV transmission...

Results from a randomized controlled trial of a peer-mentoring intervention to reduce HIV transmission and increase access to care and adherence to HIV medications among HIV-seropositive injection drug users

..We sought to evaluate the efficacy of an intervention to reduce sexual and injection transmission risk behaviors and to increase utilization of medical care and adherence to HIV medications among this population...

Correlates of depression among HIV-positive women and men who inject drugs